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Comments for "WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Official"enRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141743
<p>I think the merger is a wonderful thing and it opens up many new possibilites to getting games published in other countries around the world.&nbsp; I also think that the reason they chose to select Activision and Blizzard as the front-names in the merger is because if you've reviewed Vivendi's earnings statements, blizzard accounts for almost 70% of Vivendi's profits.</p>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:30:32 +0000Ryancomment 141743 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141404
<p>as long as they didnt choose acti-zard, cause it sounds like some lizard or a lame power rangers thing. &gt;.&lt;</p>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:01:05 +0000tallimarcomment 141404 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141292
<p>I was actually rooting for &quot;Blactivision.&quot;&nbsp; </p>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:16:31 +0000OmegaWarriorcomment 141292 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141194
<p>I have to agree with you on the point that Blizzard needs at least one new IP. As much as I love Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft, to the point of absorbing all the lore throughout my childhood(except when they retconned half of WC's story in WC3), I'd really like to see something new come out.</p><p>Blizzard is a MASTER of giving consumers exactly what they want in their games. They've always worked with as close to cutting edge technologies as they can, while still being available to the masses, and they always make games as a labor of love. To me it really shows that they aren't just cashing in on their franchises when they listen to their customers and don't give a damn that the customers think they're taking too long to make a game. I mean come on, Diablo 3 has admittedly been in production for &quot;at least 4 years&quot; and its still &quot;nowhere near done.&quot;</p><p>To me, that enough is plenty of reason for them to break into a new IP. If they were to fill it with lore like they've done with their big 3(ever read the manuals for a Blizzard game? Half of it is lore) and then work on it just like they would any Big 3 game, it would be a great game, no matter what kind of game it was. If Blizzard were to make an FPS, I could pretty much guarantee you that it would have more backstory and lore to it on release day than Halo did until after Halo 2 came out.</p><p>I think StarCraft Ghost would have been a great way to branch out, while still remaining in sovereign territory, but it died because of issues with contracted companies causing the developement prices to soar. Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans ended up dying because interest in that style of game was in sharp decline and because by the time it was released, it would have already been obsolete in almost every way.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:26:57 +0000Unrulycomment 141194 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141064
<p>I was hoping for the name &quot;Acti-Bliz&quot; heh.</p><p>As per affecting the quality of Activision games, while the merger does not have an immediate&nbsp;effect&nbsp;it does have other far reaching effects.&nbsp; Vivendi owns Universal&nbsp;Music Group&nbsp;which means that EA's Rockband now has less songs to liscense whereas the Guitar Hero franchise comes into a massive benefit... being that I like Rockband a lot better than Guitar Hero due to being able to have a tonne of fun with friends who don't like the wrist crippling guitar controller like I do.</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:45:22 +0000Talouincomment 141064 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141045
<p>I don't mind Activision Blizzard.&nbsp; I just don't want Take Electronic Activision-Blizzard Sega-Atari&nbsp;Nintensony, a branch of MICROSOFT!</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:24:12 +0000Anonymouscomment 141045 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141013
<p>Er, uh, then, the Blood Elf guitarist as an unlockable character</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:23:37 +0000kurisu7885 (can't log in)comment 141013 at http://gamepolitics.comHas very little to do with Blizzardhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-141001
<p>This is what bugs me about the name change; People keep getting confused.</p><p>This is about Vivendi (a publisher) and Activision (also a publisher) merging together. It has very little to do with the actual development company named Blizzard and people keep asking if it will impact anything that Blizzard does because of the silly Activision Blizzard name that has been given to the merger by Vivendi.</p><p>Blizzard has already stated several times that the merger is happening external to their studio and will not affect any games in development or future development at Blizzard.</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:06:21 +0000Artifexcomment 141001 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-140990
<p>They already do have a song. &quot;I am Murloc&quot; available as DLC on the 360 <img alt="" src="/sites/all/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif" /></p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:57:04 +0000Artifexcomment 140990 at http://gamepolitics.comRe: WaPo: Activision Blizzard Now Officialhttp://gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/wapo-activision-blizzard-now-official#comment-140987
<p>That or SimOrc</p>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:54:14 +0000Aliasalphacomment 140987 at http://gamepolitics.com